{"product_id":"labor-day-true-birth-stories-by-todays-best-women-writers","title":"Labor Day: True Birth Stories by Today's Best Women Writers","description":"Thirty acclaimed writers share their personal birth stories―the extraordinary, the ordinary, the terrifying, the sublime, the profane\n\nIt's an elemental, almost animalistic urge―the expectant mother's hunger for birth narratives. Bookstores are filled with month-by-month pregnancy manuals, but the shelves are virtually empty of artful, entertaining, unvarnished accounts of labor and delivery―the stories that new mothers need most.\n\nHere is a book that transcends the limits of how-to guides and honors the act of childbirth in the twenty-first century. Eleanor Henderson and Anna Solomon have gathered true birth stories by women who have made self-expression their business, including Cheryl Strayed, Julia Glass, Lauren Groff, Dani Shapiro, and many other luminaries.\n\nIn Labor Day, you'll read about women determined to give birth naturally and others begging for epidurals; women who pushed for hours and women whose labors were over practically before they'd started; women giving birth to twins and to ten-pound babies. These women give birth in the hospital, at home, in bathtubs, and, yes, even in the car. Some revel in labor, some fear labor, some feel defeated by labor, some are fulfilled by it―and all are amazed by it. You will laugh, weep, squirm, perhaps groan in recognition, and undoubtedly gasp with surprise. And then you'll call every mother or mother-to-be that you know and say \"You MUST read Labor Day.\"\n\nContributors:\n\nNuar Alsadir\n\nAmy Brill\n\nSusan Burton\n\nSarah Shun-lien Bynum\n\nLan Samantha Chang\n\nPhoebe Damrosch\n\nClaire Dederer\n\nJennifer Gilmore\n\nJulia Glass\n\nArielle Greenberg\n\nLauren Groff\n\nEleanor Henderson\n\nCristina Henriquez\n\nAmy Herzog\n\nAnn Hood\n\nSarah Jefferis\n\nHeidi Julavits\n\nMary Beth Keane\n\nMarie Myung-Ok Lee\n\nEdan Lepucki\n\nHeidi Pitlor\n\nJoanna Rakoff\n\nJane Roper\n\nDanzy Senna\n\nDani Shapiro\n\nAnna Solomon\n\nCheryl Strayed\n\nSarah A. Strickley\n\nRachel Jamison Webster\n\nGina Zucker\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374239320\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0374239320.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Henderson, Eleanor|Solomon, Anna\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43338279452733,"sku":"BVV.0374239320.G","price":73.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374239320-0.jpg?v=1783913980","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/labor-day-true-birth-stories-by-todays-best-women-writers","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}